Lonesome
By: Universal Pictures Corp. ; Carl Laemmle presents a Paul Fejos production ; story, Mann Page ; adaptation and scenario, Edward T. Lowe Jr. ; dialogue and titles, Tom Reed ; directed by Paul Fejos
Contributors: Furthman, Charles, 1884-1936, adapter, screenwriter; Warrenton, Gilbert, cinematographer; Mohr, Hal, 1894-1974, cinematographer; Atkinson, Frank, 1896-1951, film editor; Carlisle, Robert, 1888-1974, film editor; Mathieson, Johanna, 1897-1981, costume designer; Hall, Charles D., 1888-1970, artistic director; O'Neill, Thomas F., 1890-1974, artistic director; Kent, Barbara, 1907-2011, actor; Tryon, Glenn, 1899-1970, actor; Holderness, Fay, 1881-1963, actor; Pártos, Gusztáv, 1895-1952, actor; Devine, Andy, 1905-1977, actor; Veidt, Conrad, 1893-1943, actor; Philbin, Mary, actor; Fenton, Leslie, 1903-1978, actor; MacKaye, Fred, 1905-1988, actor; Boland, Eddie, 1885-1935, actor; Randolph, Anders, 1876-1930, actor; De Grasse, Sam, 1875-1953, actor; Irving, George, 1874-1961, actor; Brent, Evelyn, 1899-1975, actor; Kennedy, Merna, 1908-1944, actor; Jackson, Thomas E., 1886-1967, actor; Ellis, Robert, 1892-1974, actor; Porcasi, Paul, 1879-1946, actor; Harlan, Otis, 1865-1940, actor; Housman, Arthur, 1889-1942, actor; Francisco, Betty, 1900-1950, actor; Dudley, Florence, actor; McCoy, Ruby, actor; Davis, George, 1889-1965, actor; Universal Pictures Corporation; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series: Criterion collection -- 623; Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) -- 623.
Publisher: The Criterion Collection
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Irvington, NY]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 69
Subjects: Drama; Man-woman relationships; Amusement parks
Other titles: De tolv kilinger.; Twelve swords.; Last performance.; Broadway.
Description: The early Hollywood gem, Lonesome, is the creation of a little-known, but audacious and one-of-a-kind auteur, Paul Fejos, who bridged the gap between the silent and sound eras. Fejos pulled out all the stops for his lovely New York symphony set in antic Coney Island during the Fourth of July weekend, employing color tinting, superimposition effects, experimental editing, and a roving camera, plus three dialogue scenes, added because of the craze for talkies.

De tovl klinger: A vengeful magician becomes smitten with his stage assistant, Julie.

Broadway: A tale of gangsters and hoofers in a New York nightclub.
Notes: Originally produced as motion picture in 1928.

Broadway based upon Jed Harris stage production by Philip Dunning, George Abbott.

Special features: Disc 1. Audio commentary by film professor Richard Koszarski; "Fejos memorial" 1963 autobiographical interview and visual essay. Disc 2. "The last performance" feature film; "Broadway" feature film; "Hal Mohr on 'Broadway'" exerpt from 1973 interview with cinematographer Hal Mohr. Booklet: "Great city, great solitude" essay by Phillip Lopate; "the travels of Paul Fejos" essay by Graham Petrie; "Fejos on 'Lonesome'" excerpt from 1962 interview with Fejos.

Photography, Gilbert Warrenton ; film editor, Frank Atkinson. Broadway: Costumes, Johanna Mathieson ; art directors, Charles D. Hall, Thomas F. O'Neill ; film editor, Robert Carlisle ; cinematographer, Hal Mohr.

Barbara Kent, Glenn Tryon, Fay Holderness, Gustav Partos, Eddie Philips, Andy Devine.

Der tolv Klinger: Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Leslie Fenton, Fred MacKaye, Gustav Partos, Eddie Boland, Anders Randolph, Sam de Grasse, Georg Irving.

Broadway: Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy, Thomas Jackson, Robert Ellis, Paul Porcasi, Leslie Fenton, Otis Harlan, Arthur Houseman, Betty Francisco, Edythe Flynn, Florence Dudley, Ruby McCoy, Marian Lord, George Davis, Gus Arnheim and his Orchestra.

Rating: Not rated.

DVD, region 1NTSC; full screen (1.19:1) presentation; monaural.

In English with a mix of English intertitles and dialogue with optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired
Table of contents: title: disc 1. Lonesome; title: disc 2. De tolv Klinger = The twelve swords (The last performance) / Universal Film ; Carle Laemmle praesenterer ; iscenesat af=director, Paul Fejos ; Dansk bearbejdelse=Danish adaptation, Laurids Skands (1929) ; Broadway / Universal Pictures Corp. ; Carle Laemmle presents a Carle Lammle, Jr. production ; adaptation, Edward T. Lowe, Jr., Charles Furthman ; dialogue arrangement, Edward T. Lowe, Jr. ; directed by Paul Fejos (1929).